par

French

prep

Definitions

through
by used to introduce a means, used to introduce an agent in a passive construction)
over used to express direction
from used to describe the origin of something, especially a view or movement
around, round inside of
on situated on, used in certain phrases
on, at, in used to denote a time when something occurs
in
per, a, an
out of used to describe the reason for something
for

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French par (by) inherited from Old French par (by) inherited from Latin per (through, thoroughly, very, completely, by, over, during, very much, for, perfectly, along, by means of, thorough, throughout) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *per-, *peri (leading across).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*per-, *peri

Gloss

leading across

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